By empty (2/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The independent Russian-language daily \"Ekho\" on 20 February quoted Aliovsat Aliev, who heads the Center for Legal Assistance to Immigrants, as saying that 300 citizens of Iraq have recently applied for asylum in Azerbaijan, Turan reported. \"Azadliq\" the previous day reported that Iraqis are arriving in Azerbaijan via Iran and settle in Azerbaijan\'s Djalalabad and Bilasuvar raions. (RFE/RL).The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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